Finance & Procurement

World Bank appoints first female country director in Philippines

An Australian environmental engineer has been announced as the World Bank’s first female country director in the Philippines. Mara Warwick, who has has expertise in flood management, urban development, urban […]

UK government launches new single departmental business plans, but attracts criticism

New departmental business plans introduced by the UK government to strengthen financial management and provide a visions of how ministries will deliver the government’s priorities have been criticised for providing […]

UK welfare and pension department trials new video technology for British Sign Language users

The UK government department responsible for welfare and pension policy is piloting a new video technology to enable deaf and hard of hearing citizens to contact it more easily. The Video Relay […]

World Bank looking for new Africa regional head

The World Bank Group is looking for an experienced manager with fluent English and preferably also French and Portuguese to lead its regional Africa team. The ideal candidate will have […]

Bank of England official appointed new chief of UK finance watchdog

An official from the Bank of England (BoE) has been appointed new chief executive of the UK’s financial regulator. Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the BoE’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), […]

Civil servants’ pension payments pose challenge to Germany’s finances, report says

Rising pension payments for Germany’s civil servants are set to pose a challenge to the country’s finances, according to a report by credit ratings agency Moody’s. Teachers, who all, until […]

EU finance watchdog announces priorities for 2016

The EU finance watchdog has announced which areas of EU spending it will focus on this year. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) will conduct financial inspections on EU programmes, […]

UK Treasury’s Sir Nicholas Macpherson to leave civil service

Sir Nicholas Macpherson, the most senior civil servant leading the UK Treasury, is leaving the British government. Macpherson, who has been in his current role for more than ten years […]

EU Commission contributes $13bn towards improving employment and education in Spain

Spain will benefit from a $13bn investment by the EU Commission to reduce youth unemployment, improve education and foster social inclusion over the next five years. The European Commission is […]

The civil service wants to reduce sickness absence and the bullying of disabled people. Here’s one solution

In September, cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood raised concerns about “the harassment and bullying data we get from our people survey from people with disabilities”, whilst last month’s Spending Review announced […]